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MACROMOLECULAR REACTION ENGINEERING
Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages 635-642Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/mren.200700031
Keywords
continuous loop reactor; gel; (mini)emulsion polymerization; molecular weight; pressure sensitive adhesive
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A continuous loop reactor was used for the production of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and acrylic acid (AA) pressure sensitive adhesive by both emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization. Similar high monomer conversions were achieved in both processes, but striking differences in polymer architecture were found. A mathematical model was used to analyze these differences concluding that because the costabilizer suppressed monomer diffusion from miniemulsion droplets, the average polymer concentration in the polymerization loci was lower in the miniemulsion process. This resulted in less chain transfer to polymer, and hence in lower sol molecular weight and gel content.
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